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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Carroll, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carroll and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Carroll:
- 42.065671, -94.867142
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Carroll
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Carroll is near Crawford County and also Sac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sac County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Carroll
Communities Also Named Carroll ...
We found 25 communities that are also named Carroll.
Within Iowa, the name Carroll is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of 25 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Carroll [Hot Spring County].
- Florida
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Carroll [Polk County].
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- This Carroll is located in Carroll County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Carroll.
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Carroll [Carroll County].
- Louisiana
- Red River Parish
- This Carroll is located in Red River Parish and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<2> to the south of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Carroll.
- Union Parish
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Carroll [Union Parish].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- This Carroll is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Carroll.
- Manitoba
- This Carroll lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Carroll is located in Baltimore City and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the east of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Carroll.
- Mississippi
- Carroll County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Carroll [Carroll County].
- Montana
- Deer Lodge County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Carroll [Deer Lodge County].
- Fergus County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Carroll [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- Wayne County
- This Carroll is located in Wayne County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the west of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Carroll.
- Nevada
- Lander County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Carroll [Lander County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- This Carroll is located in Coos County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Carroll.
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Carroll is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the east of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Carroll.
- North Carolina
- Duplin County
- This Carroll is located in Duplin County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Carroll.
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- This Carroll is located in Fairfield County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<2> to the east of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Carroll.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Carroll [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Carroll is located in Clinton County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<2> to the east of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Carroll.
- McKean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carroll [McKean County].
- Quebec
- This Carroll lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- Tennessee
- Madison County
- This Carroll is located in Madison County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Carroll.
- Texas
- Smith County
- This Carroll is located in Smith County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the south of the Carroll that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Carroll.
- West Virginia
- Carroll #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Carroll.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carroll ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Coon Rapids
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hart is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Herring ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maple River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Vail
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Viola Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
How Far From Carroll to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Carroll to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carroll and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Carroll to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Carroll could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carroll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carroll, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Carroll to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carroll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0657, Longitude: -94.8671 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.37 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.006 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.20 degrees. |
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